U.S. Naval War College is a dynamic institution with programs, events, and faculty contributions that are relevant and of interest from the local to the national level.
The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) graduated 32 students from the College of Maritime Operational Warfare’s Executive Level Operational Level of Warfare Course (ELOC) at Naval Station Newport on July 17, 2026.
The Honorable Benjamin C. Kohlmann, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (ASN M&RA), visited the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) in Newport, Rhode Island, on Wednesday, July 22, 2026.
Starting now and continuing at least through the end of my time here at the U.S. Naval War College, I’d like to regularly highlight someone or something that’s caught my attention over the previous couple of weeks. It might be a person – student, faculty or staff – who deserves recognition, or it might be an occasion I want to draw more attention to.
NEWPORT, R.I. - The U.S. Naval War College (NWC) hosted the 15th annual Deterrence and Escalation Game and Review (DEGRE) and Global 18 wargame, co-sponsored by U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), onboard Naval Station Newport, April 22–26.
U.S. Navy Capt. (ret.) Michael O’Hara, Ph.D., dean of the U.S. Naval War College’s Center for Naval Warfare Studies, and Associate Prof. Richard Moss, Ph.D., of the school’s Russian Maritime Studies Institute, joined Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 8 for a Narragansett Bay patrol Saturday, Aug. 9.